Category:Humor

Kickass and Eclipse Glasses

Posted on April 9, 2024Updated on April 9, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Nature, Politics, Social Commentary

Attribution: Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be helping the keeper in his project to reclaim and repurpose all the now useless eclipse viewing glasses for viewing TV during the current political campaign. Like the warning about eye damage occurring from viewing the eclipse without the …
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Kickass and the Eclipse

Posted on April 8, 2024Updated on April 8, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Nature, Social Commentary

Attribution: Photo by Jongsun Lee on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that the keeper has prepared for the eclipse by practice napping and will be more than ready when the solar system shades are briefly pulled today. Contrary to the inane blather from MTG the brainless congressional scarecrow identifying the eclipse as a Divine …
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Kickass and Geordan’s Autism

Posted on April 7, 2024Updated on April 7, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Family, Humor, Kickass, Social Commentary

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, was a listener as the keeper and Phyllis entertained Phyllis’s son Kevin and grandson Geordan in one of those wonderful Saturday afternoon family conversations that knows no bounds and runs the gamut from the profound to the absurd with emphasis on the latter and …
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Kickass and the Seagulls

Posted on April 6, 2024Updated on April 6, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Mariah Hewines on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper is taking a new tack is his efforts to keep a small flock of chickens on the balcony of the Vista West apartment he shares with Phyllis. Finding a lack of enthusiasm on the part of VW management, the keeper …
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Kickass and Madison Sunrise

Posted on April 5, 2024Updated on April 5, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Politics, Wisconsin

Attribution: Todd Klassy from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joined the keeper in watching the sunrise this morning, as his angle of view put some of the first brilliant rays in close proximity to the State Capitol, an obvious omen of a coming day of …
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Kickass and Grandpa Helgeland

Posted on April 4, 2024Updated on April 4, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Memories, Wisconsin

Attribution: Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, and Phyllis know that the keeper is easily entertained so it should be no surprise for them to learn that he—the keeper began his daily memory patrol with an image of his gangly old Norwegian grandfather trotting …
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Kickass and April Blizzard

Posted on April 3, 2024Updated on April 3, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Weather, Wisconsin

Attribution: Photo by Jan Dommerholt on Unsplash Written by Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper headed out for his Prairie du Sac dental appointment shortly before 3 pm Tuesday just as the day-long rain turned to a heavy snowfall. With compromised visibility and almost immediate accumulated inches of soggy snow and drivers suddenly unable …
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Kickass and Staying in Bed

Posted on April 2, 2024Updated on April 2, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Humor, Kickass, Weather

Attribution: Photo by jurien huggins on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that there are days when the contrary Wisconsin weather crosses the line and the only thing to do is to stay in bed. Today is one of those days. But the keeper has a dental appointment 20 miles away about …
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Kickass and the April Fool

Posted on April 1, 2024Updated on April 1, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Holidays, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: Flickr user baejaar (Dheepak Ra), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper today as he campaigns for the office of April Fool, which has been more or less vacant since 1492 when Columbus landed in America and said, “So nice to be here in …
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Kickass and Easter Symbols

Posted on March 31, 2024Updated on March 31, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Humor, Kickass, Memories, Wisconsin

Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper deeply immersed in his personal Easter egg hunt as he looks for two over-easy with bacon, toast and fried potatoes, but finds Phyllis exercising her artistic talent on a couple of hard-boiled specimens. Easter is what you make of it—tied as …
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Kickass and Romy’s Tooth

Posted on March 30, 2024Updated on March 30, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Aging, Family, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: David Shankbone modified by R-E-AL (talk | contribs | Gallery) (German Wikipedia) David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes the keeper’s warped attempt to share life with his great grandchildren by losing a tooth about the same time that Romy lost one of her hers. Not a …
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Kickass and Skin Cancer

Posted on March 29, 2024Updated on March 29, 2024by Bill StokesCategories:Health, Humor, Kickass

Attribution: Gabriel Vanslette, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports on the keeper’s minor brush with cancer as a couple of young VA dermatologists had at the back of his right hand with scalpels to excise a lesion that had suspect ambitions. As cancer threats go, the keeper’s is …
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